Music Magazine Conventions

This magazine cover eveidently has a target audience of young girls, aged from around 10 - 20 as the use of a big, bold, pink title attracts girls of this age to buy this magazine. The main colors of white, black and pink make this magazine stand out as they are bold font colors which makes the font cover very eye catching.

The colors that are used on the magazine cover also reflects on the genre of the girl band that are used for the front cover. The "Saturdays" are known for their pop music and to represent this light and soft colors are used on magaiznes such as, light pink and light green and white are used freqently.

In this girlband there are 5 girls and each of them are using direct address in a friendly, informal way which means that they are invting the target audience in, almost making people buy this magazine. The girls on the front cover have been photographed for this magazine and a close up shot of the whole band has been used, again to help sell the magazine.

The models on the cover of this magazine are a young, popular girl band who are topping the music charts on a regualr basis therefore the public are wanting to know everything about this new, glamourous girlband therefore they are a selling point for this magazine, even though it is a female target audience, males could even want to buy this magazine due to the girl band being really attractive and so could even attract a male audience to buy this magazine.

Pixie Lott is a single music artist who is popular with a range of ages of people and genders.

This magazine would have picked Pixie to be the model of this magazine cover as she has had numerous number ones in the music charts and she is popular with both genders as she is young, fun and beautiful and so she can relate to her target audience as they are around the same age.

The colors used on the front cover also relate to her genre of music, pop. The use of soft colors such as the greens, white and orange are spread over the cover to highlght that it is a summer based, mucic/fashion magazine.

The bright, bold yellow title grabs the target audience's attention as it is very eye catching and Pixie Lott also uses a direct address which is also eye catching due to the fact she is looking out of the magazine bringing the public to buy the magazine, the pop star also looks friendly and happy making it easier for the target audience to buy the magazine as Pixie looks relly likable therefore the public would want to find out more about her. 

The use of this pop star will really help the magazine increase their sales as she is admired by many and is an inspiration to a lot of her fans.

The use of subheadings which are put in to soft colors but a bold font also brings the public to buy this magazine as it looks fun and intresting to read as the subheading are also related to the musci pop star on the cover along side with fashion tips and gossip which is perfect as the ages that this magazine is aimed at, around 10 - 20 years old are all intrested in the sort of information this magazine gives out. 

Beyonce, the world wide pop star, known for her R&B and her pop music. She has a huge fan base of both genders, for her exceptional good looks and her woman empowerment and of course for her brilliant music talent. Beyonce looks friendly and happy which bring in the target audience to buy this magazine.

The use of a bright orange title is used to get the attention of the public, it is very eye catching as orange is a color rarely seen around. The biggest font on the front cover saying HIP HOP makes the target audience realise that the magazine is based on Beyonce's music talent.

The sub headings that surround Beyonce and fill up the front cover tell the public that the magazine does not only just cover music but also news on "natural disasters" and other formal news in the world, giving the magazine a bigger audience and more of a chance of a different range of people buying the magazine making the mgazine sales go up. 

The direct address Beyonce uses is the most common mode of address that stars and famous people use in photo shoots as it brings out there full facial expression and lets the audience know what message they are giving out in one look.

The front cover is extremly important as it is the main thing that sells the whole magazine as so the use of Beyonce helps the sales increse massivly as she is extremly popular throughout the world.

Analysing a Magazine Cover.

The pinks and purples that are used on the cover of this magazine help attract women as they are colors that appeal to women as the symbolize love and fun. The fashionable dress that Beyonce is wearing in this front cover will also appeal to women as Beyonce is a role model to women all over the world and she is wearing an unusual dress.
The bold font will attract the target audience as it stands out and looks exciting. Furthermore the bold, big subtitles that cover the front cover of this magazine appeal to the target audience

Initial Ideas

I have chosen to work on and create a music magazine for my media coursework, the magazine will include music, gossip and fashion along with information on album sales and my artist and their tour dates. The style of music that i have chosen to base my magazine on is pop music type. To follow the genre of music in my magazine is going to be pop and will appeal to mostly young females. My target audience is going to be females as once said who are aging between 13 - 25.

My front cover will be glamourous, i am using a close friend to model and to be my main "artist" she will wear a glamourous prom like dress to appeal to women on the front cover, she will also have her make-up and hair very well done as then she will look expensive and famous!

The style of my magazine will be quite chaotic as there will be a lot going on. There will be many bright colors used and the font will be bold and eye catching so my target audience is bribed to buy my magazine. there will also be many pictures on the front cover and on the inside pages and so there is more to look at other than just writing.

The only problems i would have would be to work the computer programs to create and edit my magazine as i am not familiar with the way the computer programs operate and work but there are training classes on how to work the programs and so the problem is only minimal.